Multi-Resolution Audio Signals

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one microphone;
• audio circuitry configured to output a first audio track and at least one second audio track, where the audio circuitry is configured to form the first audio track from at least one output signal, provided by the at least one microphone, with a first audio resolution, and where the audio circuitry is configured to form the at least one second audio track from the same at least one output signal, with at least one second different audio resolution;
• a memory connected to the audio circuitry which is configured to store the first audio track and the at least one second audio track;
• and
• a controller, connected to the memory, configured to allow the apparatus to transmit at least one of the first audio track and the at least one second audio track to a device, where the apparatus is configured with an incapability of the apparatus to play one or more of the at least one second different audio resolution.

A method comprising:

• recording a first audio track on a memory of an apparatus, where the first audio track is formed from an output signal provided by at least one microphone, of sound received at the at least one microphone, which has been processed with a first audio configuring and forms the first audio track with a first audio resolution;
• recording at least one second audio track on the memory, where the at least one second audio track is formed from the same output signal which has been processed with a different second audio configuring and forms the at least one second audio track with at least one second different audio resolution;
• and
• transmitting at least one of the first audio track and the at least one second audio track from the apparatus to a device for rendering by the device, where the apparatus is configured with an incapability of the apparatus to play one or more of the at least one second different audio resolution.

A non-transitory program storage device readable by an apparatus, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the apparatus for performing operations, the operations comprising:

• recording a first audio track on a memory of the apparatus, where the first audio track is formed from an output signal provided by at least one microphone, of sound received at the at least one microphone, which has been processed with a first audio configuring and forms the first audio track with a first audio resolution;
• recording at least one second audio track on the memory, where the at least one second audio track is formed from the same output signal which has been processed with a different second audio configuring and forms the at least one second audio track with at least one second different audio resolution;
• and
• transmitting at least one of the first audio track and the at least one second audio track from the apparatus to a device for rendering by the device, where the apparatus is configured with an incapability of the apparatus to play one or more of the at least one second different audio resolution.